possibly putting turtle down on monday
Posted: Sat Jan 06, 2018 6:19 pm
i have no idea where to start. my mississippi map turtle (around 3 years old) started to have odd behavior.
it started with basking... all. freaking. day. never would get off. not once. not to eat, not to do anything really.
i thought it was the water, so i did a 50% water change. that did the trick for around 2 days.
after 2 days, something else started. my turtle would sleep all day at the bottom of the tank. it slept for around 4 weeks, waking up for not even 10 minutes at a time to get air.
then its shell started deteriorating, because it wasnt basking.
i made an appointment for last thursday but it was rescheduled to monday since the specialist couldnt make it.
what will they even do when im there? there is so many things wrong with this turtle. its shell, its eyes (wont open one anymore), its diet (wont eat ANYTHING)
its so sad because i loved this turtle ive had her since she was the size of a dollar (i live in canada)
i just dont know what went wrong
info on tank:
50 gallon tank
fluval 406 canister filter
fluval E100 heater
bare bottom tank
25% water changes weekly.
it started with basking... all. freaking. day. never would get off. not once. not to eat, not to do anything really.
i thought it was the water, so i did a 50% water change. that did the trick for around 2 days.
after 2 days, something else started. my turtle would sleep all day at the bottom of the tank. it slept for around 4 weeks, waking up for not even 10 minutes at a time to get air.
then its shell started deteriorating, because it wasnt basking.
i made an appointment for last thursday but it was rescheduled to monday since the specialist couldnt make it.
what will they even do when im there? there is so many things wrong with this turtle. its shell, its eyes (wont open one anymore), its diet (wont eat ANYTHING)
its so sad because i loved this turtle ive had her since she was the size of a dollar (i live in canada)
i just dont know what went wrong
info on tank:
50 gallon tank
fluval 406 canister filter
fluval E100 heater
bare bottom tank
25% water changes weekly.